Starbucks says Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks’ head office 1,000 miles away on a corporate jet

  • Farid
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    03 months ago

    I’m sure that private (meaning small) jets can have valid use cases, it’s the abuse by the rich that is the problem.

    • @[email protected]
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      03 months ago

      “Private” doesn’t mean “small”. It means “privately owned”, which means by a rich person.

      • Farid
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        03 months ago

        Even if we are talking about specifically jets that are owned privately, they could have legit use cases. It’s the abuse that is the issue. I agree with the whole “eat the rich” sentiment, but that’s a separate issue. In the system where rich people exist, the problem is abuse.

        • @[email protected]
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          03 months ago

          I vote for we start destroying the private jets without reservation and if we encounter a legitimate use case we’ll deal with it at that time.

          • Farid
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            03 months ago

            But that won’t solve anything. That’s like treating diabetes by drinking diet soda.

            • @[email protected]
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              03 months ago

              That worked for me, that and sugar free Gatorade. Took me down from 8.3 to 4.5 without insuline. That being said, I’m an anomaly in that I don’t eat much processed food or bread. Just a really bad pop addiction.

        • @[email protected]
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          03 months ago

          Legit use cases… Make A Wish comes to mind, but maybe that’d be a corporate jet or not a traditionally-private jet.

          Any exemptions for sports teams or anything? VIPs whose lives are at risk through no real fault of their own…

          • @[email protected]
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            03 months ago

            What you’re describing are use cases for charter flights - renting an aircraft for a specific, temporary purpose, usually from a company specialising in such flights - they own or lease the aircraft and employ the flight crew and maintenance staff.